We are late in reporting this, Nirupa Roy passed away on Wednesday 13, October 2010. She suffered a cardiac arrest. She was 73. Nirupa Roy began her filmy career in a Gujarati film â€˜Ranakdevi.â€™ Subsequently, she played the role of an Indian mother stereotype in Bollywood Movies. In early 1970â€²s she began playing role of a mother for many heroes. One of the most known mother â€“ son partnership in Bollywood is Nirupa Roy and Amitabh Bachchan. They together played roles in â€˜Muqaddar Ka Sikandarâ€™, â€˜Deewarâ€™, Amar Akbar Anthony , â€˜Suhaagâ€™, â€˜Khoon Pasinaâ€™, â€˜Ganga Jamuna Saraswatiâ€™, â€˜Mardâ€™ and â€˜Lal Baadshahâ€™.

Nirupa Roy acted in more than 250 movies in a span of more than 50 years. The other known women who we can think for being in this industry for such a long time is Lata Mangeshkar.

BTW she died long time back
She got the roles of a poor suffering woman and she did her job well. Her roles were just a part of the script.

The 70s and early 80s in which she portrayed the poor suffering woman whose husband has abandoned her and who raises her kids against all odds suited the leading man mostly Amitabh Bachchan who was depicted as fighting against the whole world single handedly.

Today's favorite screen mom is Reema who is often playing Sharukh 's and Salman's mom and is quite wealthy as compared to the 70s mom